Stan Singer’s career as a financial advisor has inspired his perception of the world around him when creating photographic images. Looking at the big picture, communicating with individuals, reading between the lines, being alert to details, interpreting body language, comprehending the interaction between people and their environment, and using intangibles while leading efforts to a successful conclusion, guide his art. He tries to look into people, as well as at them. While pondering a scene, he not only is conscious of what the scene is, but what it is about. Composition, more easily falls into place as these elements direct his thinking. His subjects are very varied and range from colorful and beautiful scenery, to street photography, to black and white candid portraits expressing emotion of the moment. His sense is that there are worthy images everywhere and enjoys the challenge of finding them.He is inspired by Alfred Eisenstaedt and Henri Cartier-Bresson and seeks to learn from their work. During his travels, he endeavors to interpret his current environment and sense of place, as well as the people that inhabit and create it. On the alert to the beauty, sensitivity, exhilaration, loneliness, happiness, pride, and many of the emotional senses that we all experience, he seeks to illustrate them in his images.
One thought that continually passes through his mind is “what does this picture represent that I have not seen before.” The images that he seeks have to be honest, not contrived, representations of life. He finds that his greatest satisfaction is in expressing an experience, rather than recording a scene. When others see his work, he hopes that they ponder the sentiment expressed in the image and that perhaps it reminds them of a moment in their own life.
Stan has won numerous awards and recognition for his images. His photographs appeared in the February and March 2007 issues of Shutterbug magazine and in the March 2007 issue of Cowboys and Indians magazine (billed as the premier magazine of the West). In the latter's 2007 annual photography contest, he won first prize in the portrait category for his black and white image of a cowboy. He has also been published in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Two of his images won Merit Awards and were published in the February 2008 special issue of Black and White magazine. His photograph, "Feelin' Jazzy" appeared in the March 2008 issue of Shutterbug magazine. Stan's image of "Winging It" appeared in the October 2008 issue of Shutterbug. In the March 2009 issue of Shutterbug magazine, Stan's photograph of "Fall Welcome" was published. His image of “George’s Lake” was highlighted in the May/June 2008 issue of Pennsylvania magazine. Stan's image of "Help Me" won a Gold Award and "Dressy Lady" won a Merit Award and was published in the February 2009 issue of Black & White Magazine. This issue highlighted the winners of its 2009 annual international photography competition.
A solo exhibition of Stan's photographs was held at Abington Art Center (in the northern Philadelphia suburbs) from December 8th to December 22nd, 2007. From December 2, 2008 until January 8, 2009 Stan was a featured artist when his work was exhibited at the Cosmopolitan Club in Philadelphia. Stan's image entitled "Mummer's Kiss" was a winner in the Philly Photo Challenge. It was a competition sponsored by Philly.com and the Woodmere Art Museum, and was displayed in this Philadelphia museum during October and November 2009. In the February 2010 issue of Black and White Magazine, which highlights winners of that publication's international photography competition, two of Stan's photographs appeared. His images of "Striper" and that of "Smokin' Mama" won awards. In the May 2010 special issue of Color Magazine, his images of "Shooting Star," as well as "Different Strokes," and "Stilted" appear, having won awards in the magazine's annual international competition. Shutterbug magazine, in its May 2011 issue, also published his image of "Different Strokes."
